When Charles Bonar was born on 7 May 1889, in Wood, West Virginia, United States, his father, Alvin Franklin Bonar, was 31 and his mother, Alice Urana Congleton, was 30. He married Osa Lee Ruth Colville on 9 June 1923, in Garfield, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Harris District, Wood, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Matchwood Election Precinct, Bonner, Idaho, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 13 January 1963, in Bonner, Idaho, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Sandpoint, Bonner, Idaho, United States.
Scottish: variant of Bonner .
Irish (Donegal): Scottish name adopted as a translation of Gaelic Ó Cnáimhsighe ‘descendant of Cnáimhseach’, a byname meaning ‘midwife’. This word seems to be a derivative of cnámh ‘bone’ (with the feminine ending -seach), but if so the reason for this is not clear.
Polish: from German Bohner or Boner ‘bean grower’.
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